Adhesion and growth of dental pulp stem cells on enamel-like fluorapatite surfaces

作者：Liu J^*; Jin T C; Chang S; Czajka Jakubowska A; Clarkson B H

来源：Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2011, 96A(3): 528-534.

DOI：10.1002/jbm.a.33002

• fluorapatite
• stem cell
• PCR array
• matrix
• adhesion

To study how apatite crystal alignment of an enamel-like substrate affects DPSC cellular adhesion and growth as a precursor to produce an in vitro enamel/dentin superstructure for future studies. The cells were subcultured in 10% FBS DMEM up to seven weeks on the two surfaces. Specimens were observed under SEM, counted, and analyzed using the human pathway-focused matrix and adhesion PCR array. After three days, the cell number on ordered FA surface was significantly higher than on the disordered surface. Of the 84 focused pathway genes, a total of 20 genes were either up or down regulated in the cells on ordered FA surface compared to the disordered surface. More interestingly, of the cell-matrix adhesion molecules, integrin alpha 7 and 8 (ITGA 7 and 8), integrin beta 3 and 4 (ITGB3 and 4), and the vitronectin receptor-integrin alpha V (ITGAV) and the key adhesion protein-fibronectin1 (FN1) were up-regulated. In SEM, both surfaces showed good biocompatibility and supported long term growth of DPSC cells but with functional cell-matrix interaction on the ordered FA surfaces. Significance: The enhanced cellular response of DPSC cell to the ordered FA crystal surface involves a set of delicately regulated matrix and adhesion molecules which could be manipulated by treating the cells with a dentin extract, to produce a dentin/enamel superstructure.

• 出版日期2011-3-1